Read: Boudewijn Buitenhek builds solar coffee-making tools for life without mains power I'm extremely critical of those types of projects despite having worked on them myself in the past." "I realised that from a resource perspective, and from the point of view of solving the world's problems it was ridiculous. "I spent many years designing castles in the sky and that was pivotal in coming up with this programme," he said.
He added that his own experience working on big-budget projects for rich clients while at major British architecture firm Foster + Partners was behind the conception of the course. These websites have an enormous impact on students, who crave inspiration, but it can be overwhelming as there is so much readily available." Garcia said the idea for the masters course was based on his time making "ridiculous" projects at a large British architecture firm
"It's partly based on the idea that it's hard for students to separate themselves from the images they see on the architecture blogs.
"I wanted to make my students start in a very difficult place where there is no precedent, pushing them to an extreme context so they have to think anew," he told Dezeen. Garcia said the aim of the course, as well as responding to climate change, is to give the students no choice but to produce original architecture – without the temptation to copy what they see online.
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